Four Natives Drown Floods in New Guinea CANBERRA
Four natives have been drowned and four are missing following very heavy floods in Namie Creek, New Guinea, last Wednesday, states a message received by…
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Floods & storms, 1939
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 20
Football Finished on Floodlit Field Sydney
The last 13 minutes of the most exciting club game in the Australian Rules competition for several seasons was played under floodlights at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Havoc In Gold Areas Of New Guinea: Nine Natives Drowned SALAMAUA
Floods in Papua have caused severe damage in the Bulolo River area. Nine native employees of New Guinea Gold fields Ltd. were drowned. Mining plant has been damaged and gold production brought almost to a standstill…
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Jerilderie. Wednesday: At the last Jerilderie Shire meeting, the Engineer reported that £567 7s 3d had been spent in repairing flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Empire Day Storm Sydney Event Was Altered Sydney
Unless a change in control of the Empire Day observance had been made, both the Government (Lord Wakehurst) and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →59 Men Drown Two Fishing-boats Sink in Storm SANTANDER (Spain), May 24
A fishing-boat, manned by a crew of 49 was trying to enter the harbour at Santander (Northern Spain) in a fierce storm, when she capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nazi Fortifications Flooded 30 Miles of Siegfried Abandoned LONDON, May 24
A sudden rise of seven feet in the level of the Rhine, because of heavy rains and melting snow, flooded, and compelled the abandonment of, 30 miles of the…
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Rochelle Hudson and Patric Knowles—at the Theatre Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Empire Day Storm Change Made in Control Patriotic Bodies Protest Sydney
If a change had not been made in the control of the umpire Day observation the Governor (Lord Wakehurst) and the Lord Mayor (Ald. Nock) would not have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Woman Killed by Car Accident in Heavy Rain SYDNEY
Mrs. Blanche Bowerman, of Carlingford, was killed when struck by a motor-car in Carlingford to-night. Her skull was fractured. The accident occurred during a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Theatres "Storm Over Bengall" Frontier Picture at Royal
There is a aura of romance surrounding the work of the Bengal Lancers which practically guarantees the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beached Boat After Being Lost at Sea Rescued Couple Tell of Ordeal After Gales PERTH
Lost at sea when their navigation instruments were smashed during heavy gales, and running short of provisions, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Johnson beached their auxiliary schooner Juanita, when they sighted land…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cabinet Storm Passing Spooner May Carry on Sydney
Political observers are now confident that means will be found to enable the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Back Again Ketch Hispaniola in Gale SYDNEY
After striking a gale in the Tasman the auxiliary ketch Hispaniola returned to Palm Beach to-day with a broken chronometer, the main water tank…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Refixing Street Levels Wickham Residents Concerned Flooding Feared
The decision of Greater Newcastle Council to refix the levels of Annie, Robert, Fleming and John Streets, Wickham, has caused concern to residents in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →East Maitland Charity Funds to Be Used for Flood Mitigation Volunteer Water Brigade and Embankment Fund
TWO OF the four old charity funds which a public meeting at East Maitland last week authorised to be handed over to East Maitland Council and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Floods In North-East Tasmania: Town Is Marooned LAUNCESTON
Landships and floods have cut off St. Marys, a North East Coast mining town from road and rail communication with the rest of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demonstration in Prague Fascist Agitators Storm Square PRAGUE, June 2
Hundreds of Fascist agitators, marching into Prague from country towns, stormed Wencelas Square, shouting: "Down with the Government. Down with Jews."…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rain and Snow Flood Warnings in Victoria MELBOURNE
Flood warnings were issued again to-day to all north-eastern districts, where more torrential rain has fallen. Snow fell again last night on Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in Yugoslavia
Belgrade, June 3.—Twenty thousand persons are homeless as a result of floods in Yugoslavia. Road and rail transport in Northern Yugoslavia has been…
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